# The Byzantine Clique; Join me now! I can protect you just ask me how! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 12, 2000, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-byzantine-clique-join-me-now-i-can-protect-you-just-ask-me-how/29077 "2000-08-12T05:16:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![Byzantine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dfb087/32.png) [@Byzantine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Byzantine)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2000, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-byzantine-clique-join-me-now-i-can-protect-you-just-ask-me-how/29077/121 "2000-08-15T05:32:59Z")
“corse” that should be “course”. See? I’ve already had one too many! I need a designated typer in here! ---
**Author:** ![CanadianSue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@CanadianSue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanadianSue)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2000, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-byzantine-clique-join-me-now-i-can-protect-you-just-ask-me-how/29077/122 "2000-08-15T05:39:42Z")
Up from my nap and ready to roll!! Rum? you have rum? share it will ya!! ---
**Author:** ![Byzantine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dfb087/32.png) [@Byzantine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Byzantine)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2000, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-byzantine-clique-join-me-now-i-can-protect-you-just-ask-me-how/29077/123 "2000-08-15T05:44:31Z")
Well, we’re getting into a quarters game. But we can put rum in your glass, no problem! TWPM! ---
**Author:** ![dpr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8797f3/32.png) [@dpr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dpr)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2000, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-byzantine-clique-join-me-now-i-can-protect-you-just-ask-me-how/29077/124 "2000-08-15T06:14:19Z")
Hey nice cardboard box fort!! Do you read Bobbins Byzantine? ---
**Author:** ![FreakFreely](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/48db29/32.png) [@FreakFreely](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FreakFreely)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2000, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-byzantine-clique-join-me-now-i-can-protect-you-just-ask-me-how/29077/125 "2000-08-15T07:01:13Z")
Okay, maybe I’m a freak, but… how do you play “quarters”? ---
**Author:** ![Byzantine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dfb087/32.png) [@Byzantine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Byzantine)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2000, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-byzantine-clique-join-me-now-i-can-protect-you-just-ask-me-how/29077/126 "2000-08-15T19:15:41Z")
dpr – no but I have some for my sewing machine! Okay, I’ll bite, what’s Bobbins? Bilbo Bobbins? FreakFreely – man, you must have had a sheltered life! You fill a glass with beer and then you bounce a quarter off the table and try to land it in the beer. If you make it you get to pick who drinks it. Uh, the beer, not the quarter, although, that’s happened at a few parties I’ve been too! ---
**Author:** ![Bear\_Nenno](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bear_nenno/32/3358_2.png) [@Bear\_Nenno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bear_Nenno)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2000, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-byzantine-clique-join-me-now-i-can-protect-you-just-ask-me-how/29077/127 "2000-08-16T02:10:22Z")
Here is the Official Byzantine Clique Roster: **Administration** President/Queen Bee: Byzantine Vice President: Persephone Treasurer: kellibelli Secretary: Sassy **Security Operations** Bear\_Nenno: Chief of Security; Hard Doorman; Freelance woman pleaser Queen Freddie: Special Security Task Force: K-9 Division Robotic Richard Simmons: Newly rebuilt by Bear\_Nenno and Althea… Improvements include Reinforced armor combat chasis with twin shoulder mounted GE mini guns, FLIR, and flame thrower. Also a detachable blender. **Entertainment Division** Revedge: Kicking Sound System and laser light show Bluemonchichi- Head Bartender Kat: Dinner and Movie Department Unix Geek- Hedge Maze Designer JoeyHemlock: Assistant Bartender **Support Services** techchick68: Technical support, Crazy Evil Gadget Committee Head GeneralRipper- Party Cleanup, general janitorial services, dead body relocation Zoing- Window Designs Althea- Maintainance, handy person sk8rixtx- General Contractor, Cardboard Fort Construction Engineer \*\*Department of Morale \*\* Dropzone: Executive of Women Pleasing Anniz- Newbie Liaison, horny Swedish chick Silver\_Fire- Urbane Wit Executive **Supply Section** CanadianSue- Team Director, Uniform Specialist Persephone- Head Shopper, Keeper of Charge Card Sassy- Chairman of Inventory Division, Whip Master **Publication Bureau** pepperlandgirl- Exploit Writer iampunha- Grammer/Spelling/Punctuation Bitch **Byzantine’s Private Play Things** SanibelMan- Sex Toy, studying queening FreakFreely- Kinky Personal Love Slave barflyer- Assistant Kinky Personal Love Slave **Party and Revelry Section** ultress poohpah chalupa mojo57 Anti Pro Ayesha evilbeth dpr ---
**Author:** ![Persephone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@Persephone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Persephone)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2000, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-byzantine-clique-join-me-now-i-can-protect-you-just-ask-me-how/29077/128 "2000-08-16T04:17:43Z")
:::Persephone staggers in, arms full _again_::: Good Goddess, people! Slow up on the whipped cream, wouldja? That stuff ain’t cheap! Anyway, I went to this nifty little place called Priscilla’s. It calls itself a “store for lovers,” or something like that. :::dumps huge box of stuff on the floor::: Okay, you got your dildos of many colors, shapes and sizes. Here’s some condoms, too, ribbed, unribbed, receptacled & unreceptacled, all lubricated. Got some videos too, and some books, running the gamut from entertainingly erotic to “just how in the hell do they _do_ that?” Here’s some leather goods, some vinyl goods, some rubber goods, and some pretty lacy things, too. Oh, and in case you guys get hungry, I’ve got some Cheesy Poofs, Ho-Ho’s, Orville Redenbacher Microwave Popcorn, and some Coke. :::picks up a video::: Hm. _Debbie Does Everything From Here to Dallas and Back._ Looks like a winner! ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2000, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-byzantine-clique-join-me-now-i-can-protect-you-just-ask-me-how/29077/129 "2000-08-16T04:55:15Z")
_looks up from half-empty bottle of rum_ I got a title? Oh, no–WOW! I got a whole freaking _department_ of my own. Decent! Thanks, Bynzit…Tynzib…Thanks, Byz. ---
**Author:** ![Byzantine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dfb087/32.png) [@Byzantine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Byzantine)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2000, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-byzantine-clique-join-me-now-i-can-protect-you-just-ask-me-how/29077/130 "2000-08-16T23:55:53Z")
Bear\_Nenno – thanks so much for getting everything all organized! Wow! Persephone – dear Goddess, woman, you’re gonna kill me! Maybe I’ll just have a cup of tea and reflect… naw! Kat – thanks really go out to Bear for putting everything together! Okay, looks like we’ve got a good gang here. I guess we’ll have to close this thing up. Thanks to everyone for joining in and having fun with this! ---
**Author:** ![poohpah\_chalupa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/91b2a8/32.png) [@poohpah\_chalupa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/poohpah_chalupa)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2000, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-byzantine-clique-join-me-now-i-can-protect-you-just-ask-me-how/29077/131 "2000-08-17T01:09:19Z")
Wait, Byz!! What do you want me to do with all this casserole I whipped up? It’s getting cold… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-byzantine-clique-join-me-now-i-can-protect-you-just-ask-me-how/29077.md?page=6)